a PLAGUE of ANGELS: albums

Tuesday, January 1

2018: 17 ALBUMS

I can't and won't say that 2018 was an especially good year for me. What with multiple falls (one resulting in a broken arm; one resulting in a broken rib), multiple doctor's visits, multiple X-rays and CAT scans, my student loans officially going into default, a crappy, grub-infested front lawn, a squirrel living in my attic, a snake living under my front porch, and a madman living in the White House.. well... it really just all kind of sucked.

Still, music -- as always -- made almost all things bearable. The following is a list of some of my favorite albums from this past year. Who knows... you may like them, too...

SARAH BLASKO/depth of field

COUER DE PIRATE/en cas de tempete, ce jardin sera ferme

COYLE GIRELLI/love kills

THE FAMILY CREST/the war (act 1)

FIRST AID KIT/ruins

THE FRATELLIS/in your own sweet time

GEOWULF/great big blue

KATIE HERZIG/moment of bliss

THE KOOKS/let's go sunshine

LISSIE/castles

MATING RITUAL/light myself on fire

METRIC/art of doubt

MODERN SPACE/flip for it

OH PEP!/i wasn't only thinking about you...

OPHELIA/blackbox memories

THE SLOW READERS CLUB/build a tower

TELEMAN/family of aliens

Sunday, January 7

2017: 20 ALBUMS

Here follow 20 albums that most thoroughly goosed my moose during the year 2017. Perhaps you're already familiar with them; perhaps it's better if you're not. Nothing quite like having new music to investigate and evaluate; nothing quite like that prickly, electric thrill of discovery and that first blush of love. So please do feel free to left-click on the artists' names in order to invoke additional information, sound samples, and the like....

[A note: For reasons I think you can quite comprehend, these albums are not available for download from this website.]